Mary Edwards Walker
Subtitle: Above and Beyond (American Heroes)
Publisher: Forge Books
Published: May 12, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780765310651
Subjects: History; Women; General; Biography / Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography; Walker, Mary Edwards,; Biography/Autobiography; United States; Historical - U.S; Biography & Autobiography / General; Women physicians; 1832-1919; Biography; Civil War, 1861-1865
First sentence: In Oswego, New York, on June 10, 1982, the United States Postal Service issued a twenty-cent stamp commemorating "Dr. Mary Walker, Army Surgeon."
Description: Profiles the only woman to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor, including her Civil War service, women's rights advocacy, and arrests for wearing slacks.